The staffs of haematological laboratories spend much of their time counting red cells. The precision of this estimation is therefore of practical importance, and many experiments have been designed to establish the error of the technique. In spite of this, the most widely divergent views are still held as to the reliability of single observations. In 1881 Lyon and Thoma showed that the 'standar...

Children with cancer often receive treatment that may include both chemotherapy and radiation. These agents primarily can affect the body's hematopoietic system. The authors designed a teaching poster, in both English and Spanish, to assist in teaching the key concepts of low blood cell counts to pediatric patients and their families. Having a child with cancer often is an overwhelming experien...

The aim of the present study is to evaluate the antitumor effect and antioxidant role of Mucuna pruriens (Family: Fabaceae) against EAC bearing Swiss albino mice. The effect of methanol extract of Mucuna pruriens (MEMP) on tumor growth and hosts survival time was studied by the following parameters: tu-mor volume, packed cell volume, viable and non-viable cell count and life span of the host. M...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the correlation of total lymphocyte count (TLC) and CD4 cell count and the suitability of TLC as a surrogate marker for CD4 cell count of HIV-infected patients in China. METHODS Usefulness of TLC as a surrogate marker for a CD4 cell count <350 cells/mm(3) for HIV-positive patients in China was evaluated by 977 pairs of TLC and CD4 cell count from 977 outpatients. The res...

BACKGROUND Although antiretroviral therapy has the ability to fully restore a normal CD4(+) cell count (>500 cells/mm(3)) in most patients, it is not yet clear whether all patients can achieve normalization of their CD4(+) cell count, in part because no study has followed up patients for >7 years. METHODS Three hundred sixty-six patients from 5 clinical cohorts who maintained a plasma human i...

the mediterranean flour moth, ephestia kuehniella zeller, is one of the major pests in stored products worldwide. several problems assossiated with the use of conventional insecticides have strongly demonstrated the need for applying alternative safe compounds such as insect growth regulators (igrs). in the present study, growth regulating activity and hematological effects of pyriproxifen and ...

in this study, a total of 101,147 monthly test day records of somatic cell count collected from 13,977 first lactation holstein cows (in 183 herds) calved between 2002 and 2006 were used. for the genetic analysis, a random regression test day model was utilized. somatic cell score (scs) was calculated based on natural logarithm of somatic cell count. in the model, fixed effect of contemporary g...